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Afternoons Of Solitude
''Afternoons of Solitude'' () is a 2024 documentary film directed by Albert Serra about the Peruvian bullfighter Andrés Roca Rey. Though Roca is on screen throughout, the film contains neither commentary nor interviews, and reveals very little about Roca’s personality, motives, or his life outside bullfighting. The film makes no overt comment about bullfighting. Plot The film depicts matador Andrés Roca Rey and his entourage throughout fourteen Bullfighting, corridas. There are long extended fight sequences filmed very close up, punctuated by torero Roca and his entourage, before or after these sometimes bloody sequences, traveling by car and talking about the performance of Roca. There are also scenes of Roca in his hotel room praying and dressing or undressing from his flamboyant traje de luces (suit of lights) costume before or after these corridas. Production The film is a Spanish-French-Portuguese co-production by Andergraun Films alongside Lacima Producciones, Idéal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
A Contracorriente Films
A Contracorriente Films is a Spanish film distribution and production company. It is based in Barcelona. History The company was founded in 2009 in Barcelona by Adolfo Blanco along with other people, including Amalia Blanco Lucas, Eduardo Escudero de Zuloaga, and Sergio González Páez. '' The Cove'' was the first film distributed by the company. Since 2014, A Contracorriente has also operated as an exhibitor by purchasing some theatres, including Cines Verdi (in Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ... and Barcelona). In 2021, investment fund Suma Capital acquired a 40% stake in A Contracorriente Films. In 2022, A Contracorriente released a subscription and rental streaming service, Acontra+. In 2024, A Contracorriente Films purchased the 100% of anime distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jorma Kaukonen
Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr. (; ; born December 23, 1940) is an American blues, folk, and rock guitarist. Kaukonen performed with Jefferson Airplane, and still performs regularly on tour with Hot Tuna, which started as a side project with bassist Jack Casady, and as of early 2024 has continued for 55 years. ''Rolling Stone'' magazine ranked him No. 54 on its list of "100 Greatest Guitarists". He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 as a member of Jefferson Airplane. Early life and education Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr. was born on December 23, 1940, in Washington, D.C., to Beatrice Love (née Levine) and Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen Sr. He had Finnish paternal grandparents and Russian Jewish ancestry on his mother's side. He is the older brother of fellow musician Peter Kaukonen. During his childhood, the Kaukonen family lived in Pakistan, the Philippines, and other locales as they followed his father's State Department career from assignment to assignment before ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
ScreenDaily
''Screen International'' is a British film magazine covering the international film business. It is published by Media Business Insight, a British B2B media company which also owned ''Broadcast''. The magazine is primarily aimed at those involved in the global film business. The magazine in its current form was founded in 1975, and its website, ''Screendaily.com'', was added in 2001. ''Screen International'' also produces daily publications at film festivals and markets in Berlin, Germany; Cannes, France; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; the American Film Market in Santa Monica, California; and Hong Kong. History ''Screen International'' traces its history back to 1889 with the publication of ''Optical Magic Lantern and Photographic Enlarger''. At the turn of the 20th century, the name changed to ''Cinematographic Journal'' and in 1907 it was renamed '' Kinematograph and Lantern Weekly''. Kinematograph Weekly ''Kinematograph and Lantern Weekly'' contained trade news, advertisements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
El Mundo (Spain)
(; ), before , is the second largest printed daily newspaper in Spain. The paper is considered one of the country's newspapers of record along with '' El País'' and '' ABC''. History and profile was first published on 23 October 1989. Perhaps the best known of its founders was Pedro J. Ramírez, who served as editor until 2014. Ramirez had risen to prominence as a journalist during the Spanish transition to democracy. The other founders, Alfonso de Salas, Balbino Fraga and Juan González, shared with Ramírez a background in Grupo 16, the publishers of the newspaper '' Diario 16''. Alfonso de Salas, Juan Gonzales and Gregorio Pena also launched '' El Economista'' in 2006. , along with '' Marca'' and '' Expansión'', is controlled by the Italian publishing company RCS MediaGroup through its Spanish subsidiary company Unidad Editorial S.L. Its former owner was Unedisa which merged with Grupo Recoletos in 2007 to form Unidad Editorial, current owner of the paper. The pape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
La Vanguardia
' (; , ) is a Spanish daily newspaper founded in 1881. It is printed in Spanish and, since 3 May 2011, also in Catalan. It has its headquarters in Barcelona and is Catalonia's leading newspaper. Despite being mostly distributed in Catalonia, ' is Spain's fourth-highest circulation among general-interest newspapers, trailing only the three main Madrid-based ones – ', ' and '' ABC'' – all of which are national newspapers with offices and local editions throughout the country. The newspaper's editorial line leans to the centre of politics and is moderate in its opinions, but Francoist Spain, it followed Francoist ideology. It retains Catholic sensibilities and strong ties to the Spanish nobility through the Godó family. History and profile Beginnings On 1 February 1881 in Barcelona, two businessmen from Igualada, Carlos and Bartolomé Godó, first published the paper. It was defined as a ''Diario político de avisos y notícias'' (Political Newspaper of Announcements and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
El País
(; ) is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. is based in the capital city of Madrid and it is owned by the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA. It is the second-most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . is the most read newspaper in Spanish online and one of the Madrid dailies considered to be a national newspaper of record for Spain (along with '' El Mundo'' and '' ABC)''. In 2018, its number of daily sales were 138,000. Its headquarters and central editorial staff are located in Madrid, although there are regional offices in the principal Spanish cities (Barcelona, Seville, Valencia, Bilbao, and Santiago de Compostela) where regional editions were produced until 2015. also produces a world edition in Madrid that is available online in English and in Spanish (Latin America). History was founded in May 1976 by a team at PRISA which included Jesus de Polanco, José Ortega Spottorno and Carlos Mendo. The paper was designed by Reinhard Gade and Julio Alonso. It wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2024 New York Film Festival
The 62nd New York Film Festival took place September 27 to October 14, 2024, presented by Film at Lincoln Center. RaMell Ross' historical drama film ''Nickel Boys'' was selected as the "Opening Night Film" for this edition, Pedro Almodóvar's ''The Room Next Door'' was chosen as NYFF's "Centerpiece", while Steve McQueen (director), Steve McQueen's ''Blitz (2024 film), Blitz'' was chosen as the "Closing Night Film". Appearing in the NYFF's "Main Slate" for the first time were Payal Kapadia (filmmaker), Payal Kapadia, Roberto Minervini, Carson Lund, Neo Sora, Julia Loktev, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Rungano Nyoni, Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias, Mohammad Rasoulof, Yeo Siew Hua, Robinson Devor, Pia Marais and Minh Quý Trương. Official Selections Main Slate The following films were selected to the "Main Slate" section of the Festival: Spotlight Film at Lincoln Center announced Queer (film), ''Queer'' as the first film of the "Spotlight" secti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Fotogramas
''Fotogramas'' is a Spanish digital and print film magazine which has been in circulation since 1946. It is one of the early film magazines in Spain. History Founded in Barcelona, it was first published on 15 November 1946 by Antonio Nadal-Rodó and María Fernanda Gañán. On 5 February 1951, the magazine awarded their first Placa de San Juan Bosco award to actor Jesús Tordesillas for his performance in 1950 film ''Pequeñeces''. In the 1970s the magazine was part of the Nadal Group. New categories were added over time to the award which were renamed Fotogramas de Plata and in 2012 they absorbed the TP de Oro awards. In 2011, the magazine was acquired by Hearst Communications. In 2018, Hearst closed the editorial office in Barcelona in order to centralize editing efforts in Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
PACMA
The Animalist Party With the Environment (; PACMA), formerly called Animalist Party Against the Mistreatment of Animals (), is a Spanish political party founded in Bilbao on 24 February 2003. It is focused on animal rights and animal welfare, as a part of the requirement of respect for the right to life. Although its headquarters were initially in Barcelona, it is now established in Madrid. During the Spanish elections in December 2015, PACMA received 1,034,617 votes for the Senate and 219,000 for the Congress, but did not have any representatives elected due to particularities of the Spanish Electoral Law. By number of votes, PACMA widely overcame other parties that won seats in the Congress and Senate. In order to achieve a law in which every vote is worth the same, PACMA is now campaigning for electoral reform. Electoral performance Cortes Generales European Parliament See also * Animal Politics EU * Anti-bullfighting city * List of animal advocacy parties In the early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kursaal Congress Centre And Auditorium
The Kursaal Congress Centre and Auditorium is a complex comprising several spaces: a great auditorium, many-use halls and exhibition halls. It was designed by Spanish architect Rafael Moneo, and is located in Donostia-San Sebastián ( Basque Country, Spain). It opened in 1999. It consists of several spaces, including the 1,800-seat concert hall, the ''Palacio de Congresos-Auditorio Kursaal'', and is the home of the biggest film festival in Spain, the San Sebastian International Film Festival, in existence since 1953. History Placement: K Plot This was an elegant palace built in 1921, incorporating a casino, a restaurant, a cinema theater, complementary rooms and an 859-seat theater, placed in front of the Gros beach, and next to the mouth of the Urumea river. Part of the interior, including the main hall, was designed by Victor Eusa. The entire building was pulled down in 1973. An empty plot (later called K Plot) was freed. The absence of any architectonic structure in such a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Golden Shell
The Golden Shell (; ) is the highest prize given to a competing film at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. It was introduced in 1957. In 1953 and 1954, the highest prize had been called the Gran Premio. In 1955 and 1956 it was replaced by the Silver Shell. Six directors have won the Golden Shell twice: United States, American director Francis Ford Coppola (in 1969 & 1984), Spain, Spanish director Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón (in 1982 & 1986), Mexico, Mexican director Arturo Ripstein (in 1993 & 2000), Spain, Spanish director Imanol Uribe (in 1994 & 1996), Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi (in 2004 & 2006), and Spanish director Isaki Lacuesta (in 2011 & 2018). Winners See also * Silver Shell for Best Director * Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance * Silver Shell for Best Actor * Silver Shell for Best Actress * Donostia Award * Sebastiane Award Notes References External links * * {{San Sebastián International Film Festival San Sebastián Internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Surrealistic Pillow
''Surrealistic Pillow'' is the second studio album by the American rock band Jefferson Airplane, released on February 1, 1967, by RCA Victor. It is the first album by the band with vocalist Grace Slick and drummer Spencer Dryden. The album peaked at number three on the ''Billboard'' 200 and has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It is considered to be one of the most influential and quintessential works of the early psychedelic rock era and 1960s counterculture. " My Best Friend" was released as the first single in December 1966 but only reached No. 103 on the ''Billboard'' Bubbling Under chart. Two more singles were released in the spring of 1967: " Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit" peaked respectively at number five and number eight on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and are the band's only Top 40 hits on that chart. "Today" was not released as a single but was played often on college radio and rock stations and remains one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
